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Trin[ity College] Cam[bridge - on college notepaper]:- Should have written before to thank his father for the wine, which 'will last... some time' and is 'better than most of the wine which people have here'. Georgie 'enjoyed his visit very much'; they 'went down to see the boats [race?] in the afternoon', and to 'hear the end of the competition for the [Winchester] reading prize', just won by O'Rorke.

Thinks the 'new Cambridge paper' is 'not good enough, and... pretty sure to fail'; is very glad that he is 'only nominally connected with it'. Saw [Dorothy crossed through] Mrs Stanley at the Myers' and is 'going to call on them [the Stanleys?] next Sunday. Lendrum is coaching him again this term, and wants him to go to Germany in the summer to learn the language, which he says is 'indispensable for being a scholar'; this will 'want thinking about, to say the least'. Hears things are 'not as they should be in some of the Northumberland states': would be a 'great pity' if they [the Liberals] lose any of them. As far as he can tell from the newspapers, politics 'seem very stupid now'.

Caius College, Cambridge. Dated Wednesday Night, 13 June, 1906? - Has read his 'Lectures on the Early History of the Kingship' and admires it.

Horninghold, Uppingham, Rutland. Dated 20 March, 1913? - Is happy to hear he is working on Addison, hopes he will write a preface similar to the one in the Cowper.

Letters on questions of classical philology, many of them related to Duff's work on Silius Italicus' Punica. There are 15 letters, 1 post card and a sheet of notes dated 1921-1933 from A. E. Housman; 20 letters, cards, and notes from W. T. Vesey dated 1931-1932, and a letter from W. T. Heitland dated 4 Jan. 1933, from W. Wyse dated 25 July 1922, and a letter from J. Conington to H. A. J. Munro about his Lucretius dated 1 Dec. 1864.

Trinity Cambridge [on college notepaper]:- Hears Charlie is going to London next Saturday; he is well at the moment, as he has been all term; he 'gave [them] a jaw on Temperance and Local Option last Friday at [their] private Liberal club', which Robert thought very good. Sir George's speech at Rothbury 'seems to have been very successful': hopes it will 'do the Cheviot herdsman good'. He and Charlie are going to 'take a lesson in bicycling' this afternoon, though 'whether [they] shall stick to it is another thing'.

Thinks Lendrum [W. T. Lendrum, later Vesey?] a 'very good coach indeed': is doing some composition with him, and thinks he is 'at last improving in that'; did some 'very bad composition' in the examination. Robert's bills left over from last year came to only 2 pounds 7 shillings. Welldon was in Cambridge at the beginning of the week; Robert saw him at breakfast at Charlie's; he is 'complaining of the growth of theosophy at Harrow', since there are 'three theosophists among the scholars'. Has had a letter from Georgie, who is 'rather indignant at Welldon's precautions against the influenza' [TRER/14/5]. Has heard some 'very startling news about Sir John S' which he supposes must be true. Is going to get a 'writing table of some sort'. Hopes his mother is well.

Langham, Oakham, Rutland.

[On headed notepaper for the Harrow Philathletic Club; 'Trinity' added in pencil]: - People are now beginning to go down: Cambridge is 'becoming much quieter', and he is 'rather glad to be able to stay up until next Friday'. Will come home then, and go to Tunbridge Wells on the following day [to see his aunt Anna Maria Philips, and Sophie Wicksteed]. Asks when they are likely to go abroad: he supposes 'as soon as Georgie comes home'. There are no more lectures, but he will go to Lendrum [a coach] once more; thinks he will continue to see him next term, as he 'learn[s] a great deal from him'.

Several people are coming up from Harrow tomorrow 'to pass [their] matriculation', including Tommy [Macaulay] Booth and [J.W.?] Sandilands. Robert is going to pay all his bills this term, including his kitchen bill; will then be able to 'see more or less what the term has cost'. Thinks Charlie is well, though has 'not seen him much for a day or two'. He himself has had a cold, but it is 'almost gone now'.

Hopes 'all is going well in politics', but they [the Liberals] 'can afford to have a few reverses after London'. The Magpie and Stump debating society dinner 'was a great success after the election [of the new President]': Verrall and Ja[c]kson were there, and it 'was not too rowdy'. Lord Herschell's meeting was also a success, though Robert was 'a little disappointed in his speech'. Hopes his parents are well.